2006
DOI: 10.1029/2005jb003804
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Relative permeability to wetting‐phase water in oil reservoirs

Abstract: Laboratory experiments were performed to investigate if water can leak through the pore network of a water wet seal while oil stays in the reservoir below. The experimental setup consisted of a low‐permeability membrane disk attached to the outlet side of a cylindrical sandstone core plug. The core plug and the seal were water wet, and the core plug was saturated with oil to irreducible water saturation (Swi). Water was injected at the inlet side of the core, and the fluid flow through the core and the membran… Show more

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“…Capillary flow in porous media is of great importance on account of its spectrum of applications in the areas of geology (Teige et al, 2006), conventional (Hatiboglu and Babadagli, 2008) and non-conventional (Liu et al, 2011) energy sources. These studies often lead to pore-scale simulations of capillary transport, which can then be extended to laboratory scale core flooding experiments (Hadia et al, 2008) and eventually to field scale simulation of oil recovery.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Capillary flow in porous media is of great importance on account of its spectrum of applications in the areas of geology (Teige et al, 2006), conventional (Hatiboglu and Babadagli, 2008) and non-conventional (Liu et al, 2011) energy sources. These studies often lead to pore-scale simulations of capillary transport, which can then be extended to laboratory scale core flooding experiments (Hadia et al, 2008) and eventually to field scale simulation of oil recovery.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The reservoir‐scale models used in the design and management of these applications depend on the geophysical rock properties which are provided to the models as input. Crucial properties in this regard are the capillary pressure ( P c ) and relative permeability ( K r ) curves [ Teige et al , ], which are of a complex nature and costly and time consuming to measure [ Knackstedt et al , ; Sahimi , ]. In rocks with complex pore structures which stretch over multiple spatial scales, these properties can strongly deviate from classical relations [ Prodanović et al , ; Shanley et al , ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Teige et al . () subsequently tested a range of plugs with variable reservoir properties and found that low permeability reservoirs at high P c could sustain a significant Δ P effect as described by Rodgers () but the core plug still transmitted water at low S w . The results of Teige et al .…”
Section: Other Influences On Across‐fault Pressure Differencementioning
confidence: 93%